For over 125 years, Notre Dame has educated leaders who make a difference in their professional fields, their families, their communities and the world.

Notre Dame of Maryland University is a private, Catholic university established in 1895 with the mission to educate leaders to transform the world. NDMU is a comprehensive University offers a wide variety of full- and part-time undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and certificate programs for women and men.

The University enrolls approximately 1,734 students and has Schools of Arts, Sciences, and Business; Education; Nursing; and Pharmacy. Additionally, the University offers programs for adult students fully online and at several locations across the state.

NDMU is located on a beautiful 60-acre wooded campus in the northern Baltimore residential neighborhood of Homeland.

Class of 2022 Graduate Profile
  • 270 Bachelor's Degree
  • 34 Post Baccalaureate Certificate
  • 275 Master's Degree
  • 20 Post Master's Certificates including CAS
  • 12 Ph.D.
  • 49 Pharm. D.
Fall 2022 Enrollment Figures
  • Total headcount of students: 1,734 (661 undergraduates and 1,073 graduate and professional degree students)
  • 86% of the total student population are residents of Maryland
  • 87% of undergraduate students are residents of Maryland
  • 13% of undergraduate students are from out of state (16 different states)
  • 1% of undergraduate students are international
  • 48% of undergraduate students are of a Minority Ethnic group
Accreditation, Approvals & Affiliations
  • Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
  • Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
  • Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
  • Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
  • Maryland Board of Nursing (MBN)
  • Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC)
  • Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
  • National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
  • National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (NC-SARA)
Faculty & Staff Profile
  • 106 full-time faculty
  • 3 part-time faculty, 84 adjuncts
  • 90% of full-time faculty hold doctoral or terminal degrees
  • 32% full-time faculty tenured
  • 7:1 undergraduate student-faculty ratio
  • 167 full-time staff
  • 40 part-time staff
Facilities
  • 60-acre wooded campus
  • 16 buildings: total of 755,361 square feet
  • Age ranges from 4 to over 150 years
Alumnae & Alumni Network

Approximately 24,000 graduates live in all 50 states and 38 foreign countries, 68% live in Maryland.

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History

The institution was first founded in 1873 by the School Sisters of Notre Dame as the Notre Dame of Maryland Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies and Preparatory School for Little Girls.

In 1895, Notre Dame received state approval to begin four year baccalaureate-level instruction. The April 1896 College charter from the State of Maryland granted the right to award degrees up to and including the doctorate. Notre Dame offers degree programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, postmaster’s, and doctoral level.

Recent Milestones

September 9, 2011: On the 116th anniversary of the first day of college classes offered on the campus—the institution was renamed Notre Dame of Maryland University. NDMU has four academic schools: Arts, Sciences, and Business; Education; Nursing; and Pharmacy.

July 1, 2014: Current president Marylou Yam, Ph.D. became the 14th president of the University. 

March 2015: NDMU received non-governmental organization (NGO) status with the United Nations. NDMU is the only college or university in Maryland to have such a designation.

April 2018: NDMU launched the Women’s Leadership Institute of Baltimore to serve as a convener of women in the Baltimore region to address issues of gender inequity.

2020: The University celebrated its 125th year of educating leaders to transform the world.

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